In honor of actor Andy Garcia and his (unintentionally) hilarious reaction to Sofia (Mary Corleone) Coppola's death scene in "The Godfather, Part III."
1914 City Series II
[B]The Series[/B]
Once again, the White Sox would be pioneers in baseball history, becoming the first team to fall behind 3 games to 1 and rally to win a postseason series. This would not happen in World Series play until the Pittsburgh Pirates would rally against the Washington Senators in 1925.
The Cubs and Sox traded wins in Games 1 and 2, then the Cubs took Game 3 and rallied in the 9th to take Game 4. That's when the Sox kicked it into gear, taking Game 5 3-1 and putting up 5 runs in the 5th inning of Game 6. The five run rally started with two out and no one on base when Buck Weaver reached first on a dropped third strike.
The Cubs scored 2 in the top of the 1st of Game 7, but Weaver once again reached base on an error and the Sox staged a three-run, two-out rally to take a 3-2 lead that they would not relinquish. Eddie Cicotte wrapped up a masterful relief performance (he had relieved starter Jim Scott in the 1st inning) by retiring pinch-hitter Roger Bresnahan to end it.
[B]Game 1, October 7, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........100 020 010-4 9 2[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 000 200-2 8 0[/B]
[B]W-Vaughn L-Wolfgang[/B]
[B]Game 2, October 8, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...010 000 013-5 13 1[/B]
[B]Cubs..........020 000 000-2 4 3[/B]
[B]W-Scott L-Cheney [/B]
[B]Game 3, October 9, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 200 000-2 4 1[/B]
[B]White Sox...001 000 000-1 5 3[/B]
[B]W-Humphries L-Benz [/B]
[B]Game 4, October 11, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...100 001 000 1-3 6 1[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 000 002 2-4 8 2[/B]
[B]W-Lavender L-Cicotte [/B]
[B]Game 5, October 12, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 100 000-1 5 0[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 020 10x-3 9 0[/B]
[B]W-Scott L-Cheney SV-Faber [/B]
[B]Game 6, October 13, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...010 040 000-5 5 3[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 000 201-3 10 6[/B]
[B]HR-Saier[/B]
[B]W-Benz L-Vaughn SV-Cicotte [/B]
[B]Game 7, October 15, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........200 000 000-2 8 1[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 300 00x-3 2 0[/B]
[B]W-Cicotte L-Humphries [/B]
[B]Most Valuable Player-Buck Weaver (.345, series-leading 10 hits, started two out rallies in Games 6 and 7, reaching base on errors).[/B]
[B]Booby Prize-Claud Derrick (Cub shortstop batted .208 and committed 5 errors, including one that opened floodgates in 4th inning of Game 7) [/B]
Once again, the White Sox would be pioneers in baseball history, becoming the first team to fall behind 3 games to 1 and rally to win a postseason series. This would not happen in World Series play until the Pittsburgh Pirates would rally against the Washington Senators in 1925.
The Cubs and Sox traded wins in Games 1 and 2, then the Cubs took Game 3 and rallied in the 9th to take Game 4. That's when the Sox kicked it into gear, taking Game 5 3-1 and putting up 5 runs in the 5th inning of Game 6. The five run rally started with two out and no one on base when Buck Weaver reached first on a dropped third strike.
The Cubs scored 2 in the top of the 1st of Game 7, but Weaver once again reached base on an error and the Sox staged a three-run, two-out rally to take a 3-2 lead that they would not relinquish. Eddie Cicotte wrapped up a masterful relief performance (he had relieved starter Jim Scott in the 1st inning) by retiring pinch-hitter Roger Bresnahan to end it.
[B]Game 1, October 7, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........100 020 010-4 9 2[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 000 200-2 8 0[/B]
[B]W-Vaughn L-Wolfgang[/B]
[B]Game 2, October 8, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...010 000 013-5 13 1[/B]
[B]Cubs..........020 000 000-2 4 3[/B]
[B]W-Scott L-Cheney [/B]
[B]Game 3, October 9, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 200 000-2 4 1[/B]
[B]White Sox...001 000 000-1 5 3[/B]
[B]W-Humphries L-Benz [/B]
[B]Game 4, October 11, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...100 001 000 1-3 6 1[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 000 002 2-4 8 2[/B]
[B]W-Lavender L-Cicotte [/B]
[B]Game 5, October 12, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 100 000-1 5 0[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 020 10x-3 9 0[/B]
[B]W-Scott L-Cheney SV-Faber [/B]
[B]Game 6, October 13, 1914 at West Side Park[/B]
[B]White Sox...010 040 000-5 5 3[/B]
[B]Cubs..........000 000 201-3 10 6[/B]
[B]HR-Saier[/B]
[B]W-Benz L-Vaughn SV-Cicotte [/B]
[B]Game 7, October 15, 1914 at Comiskey Park[/B]
[B]Cubs..........200 000 000-2 8 1[/B]
[B]White Sox...000 300 00x-3 2 0[/B]
[B]W-Cicotte L-Humphries [/B]
[B]Most Valuable Player-Buck Weaver (.345, series-leading 10 hits, started two out rallies in Games 6 and 7, reaching base on errors).[/B]
[B]Booby Prize-Claud Derrick (Cub shortstop batted .208 and committed 5 errors, including one that opened floodgates in 4th inning of Game 7) [/B]
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